If there is to be another Evo, it will probably have some sort of hybrid option, which is an infinitely better scenario than having no Evo at all.

With the launch of the compact crossover as well as the electric , it seems Mitsubishi Motors is intent on adopting a green image. Word from Japan is that the company is slowly scrapping its sporty-car program in favor of more economical products.

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The company's in-house tuner, Ralliart, has been all but shut down, while plans for the next-generation have allegedly been put on hold. However, an inside source tells us that death reports of the next-generation Evo are premature. He informed us that there are still a few people within who don't want to see the company's image car go away, and that development is underway on a plug-in hybrid version of the high-performance sports sedan.

"This way, it will conform to the company's overall strategic plan of building fuel-efficient cars," he says. "Yet it will have all the performance that the current Lancer Evo possesses."

Although nothing is set in stone, it seems that at this point if there is to be another Evo, it will probably have some sort of hybrid option, which is an infinitely better scenario than having no Evo at all. And from what we've been told, the new car won't be a slouch at the test track, either.